page_title: Heherson Alvarez
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Heherson Alvarez / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shakes hands with Mayor of Libacao, Aklan Charito Navarosa after the Unveiling of the Marker during the Inauguration of the Libacao River Revetment Wall Resting on Cut-off Project and disribution of cash grants to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Friday (Aug. 07, 2009). Also in the photo is Secretary Heherson Alvarez. The event was held at Poblacion, Libacao in Aklan.
context_page_description: Heherson "Sonny" Turingan Alvarez was a politician from the Philippines. He served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and the Senate of the Philippines. He was also Minister of Agrarian Reform from 1986 to 1987 and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources from 2001 to 2002.
  He was a young activist who participated in the 1971 constitutional convention. He refused to sign the Ferdinand Marcos regime backed constitution that gave extensions to the president's term in office. He fled with his family to the US leaving the Philippines behind as martial law took its toll on opposition activists.
  While in exile, he was one of the organizers of the Free Philippines movement that supported his friend and opposition leader, Senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. After Aquino was assassinated, the Philippine leadership changed as Corazon Aquino, the wife of Benigno Aquino Jr., took power after the successful "People Power Revolution". He returned to the Philippines in 1986 to partake in rebuilding the government in the wake of collapse of the Marcos regime.
context_section_description: Sonny Alvarez studied liberal arts at the University of the Philippines. He also earned a master's degree in Economics and Public Administration from Harvard University.
caption: Heherson Alvarez shown with the President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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